Tomorrow is the spring equinox and we are moving headstrong into warm spring days and blooms in our gardens! Finally! Our garden center is open and we are busy organizing, stocking plants, and general beautifying. Come back and enjoy the fresh air. APRIL HOURS are as follows- Monday thru Saturday 9am to 7pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm.

We are looking forward to a busy season full of bright days and lots of dirt under our fingernails! ….and I’m sure many of you are wondering, opening day for our heirloom tomatoes and peppers is Friday April 23rd at 9am. Gary Millwood, our beloved tomato guru, will be helping us help you pick out exactly what varieties you need. Stay tuned for a complete (we hope) list of varieties.

This summer we changed how we send out our emails. We currently send our emails from [email protected]. As a result of this change ALL of our customers with AOL email addresses are no longer receiving our emails. This is an obstacle we seem to not be able to get around. We have tried a few other fixes and will mail out our next email to our full list including our AOL customers and see what happens. If you happen to be one of these customers or have a friend with an AOL email address please let them know and give us an alternate email address if available. We hate to be unreachable to our customers who are looking for information and updates from us. This coming year we hope to be sending out a few paper mailings, but currently and in the future most of our news will be posted on our website and sent via email. Please check and see that you are receiving our emails reliably, and if you are not on our email list just write us and we would love to put you on the list. Again we do not share our mailing list with anyone.

Please reach us at [email protected] with concerns or comments.

Lose at the tracks?… Win at Thienemans!
Come in this week and get some color for your patio. Buy FOUR annuals ($4.25 each) and get the FIFTH one FREE. Keep ’em watered well and feed them occasionally, and you should have blooms all summer. A bigger pot and some deadheading wouldn’t hurt either. Sale runs thru Memorial Day. We still have a great selection of annuals.

officially on the vernal equinox, March 20th but hey, who’s looking at a calendar when you can feel it in your bones and nose.

Hellebores are here, dwarf hostas are popping up, herbs are making their tentative appearance, the violas are pretty and the first hardy perennials are marching into the garden center. Please…no tomatoes yet (it’s not even April BUT they are in the ground and we will have our usual massive selection of heirloom plants including lots of veggies). Look here for the list to be posted shortly and the plants to arrive on ‘mater day April 25th. We do have the makings of a fine salad garden however. Choose from lettuces, spinach, arugula, nasturtiums, watercress and kale. We are receiving some shipments of nursery stock right now and the Pieris japonicas are looking particularly fine.

Come in, smell the wonderful greenhouse smells, wander around, check out the succulents and start making plans!

P.S. We have a new telephone number. We want to be able to answer your questions faster and more efficiently. Even if you don’t have a question call us up and say hi to Lynda, Ursula, Julie, Becky, Mandy or Peggy. This knowledgeable staff is back again waiting expectantly for a new round of ‘Stump the Gardeners’. The number is (502) 296-1499!

– Peggy

PYRO art gallery will be presenting Garden, an exhibition with PYRO artists and invited guests. The opening is this Friday, April 4th from 6-9pm. Our very own Peggy Thieneman will have a few of her ceramic pieces in the show. We would love to see you down there. The exhibit will be up till May 10th. Gallery hours are Thurs. – Sat. 11am to 6pm, or by appointment. PYRO is located at 624 W. Main Street, and their number is 502-587-0106. Thanks Corie Neumayer for inviting Peggy to be a guest artist at the show.

P.S. – we will be writing a follow up article after the opening.